Re: How to approach a JavaScript-opened new window in WO
Re: How to approach a JavaScript-opened new window in WO
- Subject: Re: How to approach a JavaScript-opened new window in WO
- From: Jonathan Rochkind <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:28:01 -0600
Take a look at the JSModalWindow component that comes with WO (in
WOExtensions). [A really strangely mis-named component, but anyway].
It does basically what you need. If it doens't do exactly what you
need, Apple even gives you the source code for this component (and
everything else in WOExtensions), so you can modify it if neccesary.
One warning: When dealing with multiple browser windows in WO, it
can be quite a pain to avoid 'backtracked too far' exceptions. User
clicks a bunch of times in one browser window, goes to click on the
'old' page still showing in the other window, and gets a 'backtracked
too far' exception. I can't figure out any good general purpose
solution to this problem, unfortunately. If you use all session-less
direct actions, it is not relevant, since in that case you can never
get 'backtracked too far' exceptions. But otherwise... I'd just test
a simple version of the multiple window thing before you write too
much, and make sure it's going to work for you.
--Jonathan
At 2:32 PM +0100 2/28/04, Magnus Rembold wrote:
Dear List,
I am in the beginnings. It's hard. Somedays I feel fine, because
something is going well, as I planned it. Somedays it's hard,
because there is such a huge number of THINGS to consider and
nevertheless it doesn't work the way I'd like to have it.
I am translating a website that was built using HTML/PHP/MySQL to
WO. There is a page with a lot of thumbnails for picture portfolios
that come out of the DB (with WO) and they should, if clicked, open
a new window with specific dimensions and load a page in it, that
can browse through the pictures.
It was solved by invoking a JavaScript on click to the thumbnails
and giving it dimensions of the new window and PHP parameters that
triggers the generic portfolio page to load the requested images
into the portfolio.
Now, how to do this in WO. I have the first page working that shows
all the thumbnails out of the DB. But how to trigger opening a new
window with specific coordinates? Or, if I should embed the old
little JavaScript to open the new window, how can I trigger the
window to load my generic portfolio WOPage and how to transfer the
parameters about which portfolio pictures to load?
I've got no clue.
Somebody has?
Any help, hints, or links to explanatory material are very welcome!!
Best regards,
Magnus
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Dozent IT-Technologien University of Applied Sciences and Arts Zurich
School of Art and Design Zurich
Fon +41 43 446 3256
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